The Department of Economics maintains a seminar series to enhance the development and transmission of knowledge and research. The department series and related forums have hosted key figures in economics, including Nobel Laureates, Members of the Council of Economic Advisors, and top academic economists.
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Paper |
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Fri, 09/30/2005 |
Raiding and Signaling in the Academic Labor Market |
Tim Perri |
Appalachian State University |
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Fri, 09/23/2005 |
Internal Migration and the Earnings of Married Couples in the U.S |
McKinley Blackburn |
University of South Carolina |
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Tue, 04/19/2005 |
Tradable Set-Aside Requirements (TSARs): An Application of a TPP Policy to Spatially Dependent Land Uses |
Gregory Parkhurst |
Mississippi State University |
Fri, 04/15/2005 |
Testing for Unit Roots and Cointegration Using Instrumental Variables |
Junsoo Lee |
University of Alabama |
Fri, 04/08/2005 |
Experimental Economics and Public Policy Workshop | ||
Fri, 02/25/2005 |
A Competitive Model of (Super)Stars |
Timothy Perri |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/18/2005 |
Stationarity of Global Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Implications for Global Warming Scenarios |
Mark Strazicich |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/11/2005 |
Rent Seeking and Collusion in the Military Allocation Decisions of Finland, Sweden and the UK, 1920-38 |
Jari Eloranta |
Appalachian State University |
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 11/12/2004 |
It Doesn't Pay to be Young in the NBA |
Dan Rosenbaum |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
Fri, 10/29/2004 |
Celebrity Misbehavior |
Todd Kendall |
Clemson University |
Fri, 10/08/2004 |
Cross Media Pollution and Mechanism Design--Can We Avoid Future MTBE's? |
Chris Dumas |
University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
Fri, 09/24/2004 |
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement |
Angela Dills |
Clemson University |
Fri, 01/30/2004 |
Merging Auction Houses |
Jesse Schwartz |
Vanderbilt University |
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 04/23/2004 |
A Probability Based Measure of Productivity in Major League Baseball with the Applications to the Questions of Clutch Performance and the Value of Pitching |
Raymond Sauer |
Clemson University |
Fri, 03/26/2004 |
Early Entry in the NBA Draft: Unraveling, Human Capital, and Option Value |
Pete Groothuis |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/27/2004 |
Consumer Benefits of Labels and Bans on GMO Foods: An Emprical Analysis Using Choice Experiments |
Peter Frykblom |
Appalachian State University |
Fri, 02/13/2004 |
Effects and Value of Verifiable Information in a Controversial Market: Evidence from Lab Auctions of Genetically Modified Food |
Matt Rousu |
Research Triangle Institute |
Fri, 02/06/2004 |
Environmental Risk and Averting Behavior: Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Behavior Data |
John Whitehead |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
Tue, 02/03/2004 |
Are Political Freedoms Converging |
Mark Strazicich |
University of North Texas |
Tue, 01/27/2004 |
State Environmental Politics: A Study of State Toxic Metal Water Quality Standards |
Mary Davis |
Harvard University |
Fri, 01/23/2004 |
Expectations and Comparative Arbitration Institutions |
David Dickinson |
Utah State University |
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
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Fri, 11/14/2003 |
The Effect of Intragroup Wage Inequality on Group Performance |
Mark Foley |
Davidson College |
Fri, 11/07/2003 |
The Effects of Transfer Payments on State Lottery Revenues |
Andy Weinbach |
Armstrong State University |
Thu, 10/09/2003 |
Accessibility, Congestion and Choice: Nonmarket Consequences of Infrastructure |
Alison Davis |
N.C. State University |
Fri, 10/03/2003 |
Agricultural Policy Uncertainty and Anticipatory Firm Level Adjustments |
Carl-Johan Lagerkvist |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |